ZEROS
Noun
zeros
plural of zero Two or more zero digits.
The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.
Anagrams
• zorse
Source: Wiktionary
ZERO
Ze"ro, n; pl. Zeros or Zeroes. Etym: [F. zéro, from Ar. çafrun,
çifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. Cipher.]
1. (Arith.)
Definition: A cipher; nothing; naught.
2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
thermometer, commences.
Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in the
RĂ©aumur thermometer, is at the point at which water congeals. The
zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer is fixed at the point at which the
mercury stands when immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In
Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with 1077° on the
Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of Thermometer.
3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience
had nearly reached zero. Absolute zero. See under Absolute.
– Zero method (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring,
forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that the pointer
of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a galvanometer, remains
at, or is brought to, zero, as contrasted with methods in which the
deflection is observed directly; -- called also null method.
– Zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement of a
scale or reckoning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition